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DiHereDceS.
The king can drink the best of wine.
So cauI;
And has enough when he would dine,
So have I;
And cannot order rain nor shine.
Nor can I.
Then where's the difference-Jet me see
Betwixt my lord the king and me?
Do trusty friends surround his throne
Night and day?
Or make his interest their own?
No. not they.
Mine love me for myself alone
BLESSED be they.
And that's one difference which see
Betwixr the Icrd my king and ME.
Do knaves around me lie and wait
To deceive,
Or fawn and natter when they hate,
And would grievef
Or cruel pomps Cypress my state
Bymy leave?
No, Heaven be thanked! and here you see
More differeI ces 'twixt the king and me.
he has his fools, with Jest and quips.
When he'd play.
He has his armies and his ships
Great are they;
But not a child to kiss his lips
Well a-day!
And that's difference sad TO see
Betwixt my lord the king and me.
wear cap and he the crown
What of that?
sleep on straw and he on down.
What of that?
Happy and wretched he,
Perhaps the king wonld change with me.
Charles Mackdy,
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1887-05-20
Dom Pedro as an Astronomer

Dom Pedro, the emperor of Brazil, has
been elected as associate member of the Liv-
erpool Astronomical society. He is an en-
thusiastic amateur astronomer, and when the
great comet of 1882 was blazing in the morn
ing sky he used to tumble out of bed at4
o'clock in the morning and ply the telescope
and spectroscope upon the comet and measure
the length of its tail until the rising sun blot
ted it out of sight, Chicago Tribune.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1887-05-20
Hou a Quail Hides.

Henry Ray, of Gilmer, Tex, has discovered
the secret of the quail's being able to hide SO
well. He was walking in a field when a
covey of birds. was flushed. One alighted
near him, and the moment it did so seized a
dead oak leaf, crouched to the ground and
threw the leaf over its back, so that it was
completely hidden from view Mr. Ray said
that he had to go and turn over the leaf be-
fore he could believe the evidence of his own
eyes.-New York Sun.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1887-05-20
The Order Of the caliphate.

The fact has just come to light that soon
after her marriage Mrs Cleveland was ten
dered by the sultan of Turkey the Order of
the Caliphate The sultan made the offer in
a graceful way. but Mrs. Cleveland, through
the president and the state department., de
clined the proffered honor. aCaliphat" means
Commander of the Faithful" and the order
is frequently bestowed on the wives of dis
tinguished men. Its insignia is sash.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1887-05-20
New Process of Treating Steel.

Two Kentuckians, one of them black
smith, recently called at the navy department
and announced that they had discovered
process of treating steel, which, if their
claims are borne out by the facts will practic-
ally revolutionize the art of steel tool making
They asserted that by their methed of treat
ment the commonest grades of metal, such as
shear or cast steel. could be so tempered in
the matter of hardness and toughness as to
fully equal the best grades of tool steel. An
experiment was made on the blade Of Secre-
tary Whitney's pocket knife, with the result
that it was possible to whittle an ordinary
steel key without apparent injury to the
blade. So impressed was the secretary by
the claims of the inventors that he decided to
permit the process to be tested experimentally
at the Washington navy yard, and the ex-
periments have already been begun.-New
York Sum-
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1887-05-20
A Stage Frightened Author.

Thomas Bailey Aldrich was seized with
stage fright at the reading in Boston for the
Longfellow memorial fund. He came for
ward like an awkward schoolboy, stood first
on one foot and then on another, and seemed
to suffer real agony in his embarrassment.
One bright Boston girl who knows areal poet
when she sees him. exclaimed in amazement:
"To think that he should be afraid of usl"-
Boston Transcript
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1887-05-20
In the House of Her Friends.

Gambling is becoming domesticated. A
young girl from the country came to visit at
fashionable house in New York. With her
she brought $50 for spending money. the re-
suit of various sacrifices on the part of her
people, The first evening of her stay the
family sat down to quiet game of poker.
They played with chips, which she called
counters" Their significance was only re-
vealed when she found she had lost $50. Her
host pocketed the money New York Sun.
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Funds Sent to Ireland.

In speech in Boston John Boyle O'Reilly
said that at low estimate there were sent
from Boston $3.50, 900, and from New York
city 100000, each year by the Irish to
their relatives in ireland. ''Not to make
their homes happy, not to make the people
comfortable, but to pay to save their lives, to
ave their little 6halters, to keep the roof
over their heads, and 70 Keep e.r.m from the
torch of Glenbeigh."
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seiznre of American Bibles.

A large consignment of American Bibles
containing copyright edition of the revised
version of the Scriptures, which was sent to
Wolseley, south Australia, has been seized
and forwarded to the collector of customs to
be held until it is decided whether they in
fringe on the English copyright act
Chicago Times
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1887-05-20

Col Robert G. Ingersoll was admitted to
practice at the bar in New York state lately
before the general term of the supreme
court. When he was asked to be sworn he
refused, and affirmed. in place thereof. He
then signed the roll.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1887-05-20
The Tehuantepec Ship Railway.

The Tehuantepec Ship railway is not to be
affected by the death of Capt. Eads. He
finished all the drawings and charts for the
work months before his death; the necessary
capital is said to be at hand, and all, indeed,
that is required is the passage of the charter
asked of congress, which is looked for next
session.-New York Sun.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1887-05-20
Sir Charles Dilke,s Popularity.

Sir Charles Dixie retains much of his popu-
larity in Chelsea. He has adopted extreme
Radical views and fraternizes with the hum
blest people, being ever ready to aid them
with his plethoric purse 1t is expected that
he will be returned to parliament at the first
opportunity Chicago Herald. ..ss3s... .,.,..a
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John G.. saxe,s PHYSIQUE.

John G. SAKE was six feet two in height
and broad in proportion. He had magnifi-
cent head, which was finely poised upon broad
and stalwart shoulders.
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Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1887-05-20
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The largest and the leading Life Association In
the South. Nearly one million of dollars paid In
cash to the families of deceased members.
The cheapness of its plan is demonstrated by the
experience Of those who are insured. In illustra-
tion OF this fact we take policy No, 8. held by Mr.
W. p. Tams, Cashier Augusta National Bank
Stanton, Va Policy issued September 23d. 1878.
$1,000 consequently it has shared every cost that
has come against the company. The entire cost to
Mr.. Tams in eight years and six months, Member
ship Fee, ANIMALS. and Mortality payments, has
been but $704, or average annual cost Of 81. 49,
At the date Of this Insurance Mr.. Tams was n
years of age.
A policy of even amount and date in one Of the
most popular Old Line companies on the ordinary
life plan payable at death only, would have cost
him 1892 rs $21 so per year, saving Of 1922 Isl in
favor of the Valley Mutual.
Theories are easily advanced and Jealous rivals
abound in them. but facts cannot be refuted-
First class agents can get liberal contracts by ap-
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A Precious Corpse.

The extraordinary mortality in the family
of the Baron Duradd excited the suspicious
of the French customs police after that gen
Meman had crossed the Belgian boundary
four times in as many MONTHS travelling each
time with a Theoretically sealed coffin and
bathed in tears over the demise of some near
relative. The last time they opened the cof-
fin against his fearful circumstances and
found in it, instead of corpse, mass of
fine cigars and expensive smoking tobacco,
upon which no duty had been paid. The
baron mourns now In the Jail at Lille.-New
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1887-05-20
Publisher of Graham's Magazine.

George R. Graham, once the owner of Ora
HAMS Magazine, and for many years the
leading publisher of Philadelphia, who gave
employment in their early days to men and
women who have become the shining lights
of American literature, is now poor, infirm
old man, and but for the kindness of phil
anthropic Philadelphia would be in the
poorhouse. He is lying, hopeless and prac-
tically friendless invalid, in New York hos
pital Among the regular contributors to
Graham's Magazine were Henry W. Long
fellow, William Cullen Bryant, j. Fenimore
Cooper, Richard Henry Dana, Nathaniel P.
Willis, James Russell Lowell. Lydia H.
Sigourney, Francis Sargent Osgood and Ann
S. Stevens. Some of the earliest and best
productions of these now famous writers first
appeared in this publication. Edgar A Poe
was long employed upon it and put some of
his best work in its pages.-Chicago Tribune.
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Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1887-05-20
How Crime Runs in streaks.

CHANGING over the reports as they come in
here every day from the different districts, it
strikes me very often that everything seems
to run in streaks. In the past three weeks
there have been four or five cases of criminal
assault following each other; then simnltane-
ously we had two or three cases of incest on
hand at once. There have been three per-
sons murdered with stones in two weeka Two
men, friends and neighbors, have committed
suicide, one emulating the other in everything
except making a better job Of it. Suicides
always follow each other that way Let one
person take dose of rat poison, and it seems
that there were two or three people just wait
ing for some one else to lead off and they go
out by the same route.
It's the same with all affrays. Some nights
there will be in different parts of the city
three or four stabbing or shooting ARRAYS,
and then there won't be a thing for two or
three days, perhaps Some mornings, look
ing over the reports of arrests, you'd think
the whole town was out on drunk the night
before, and then again there are not more
than three or four here and there in the dis
tricts. There were for two days recently not
less than six crazy people picked up in the
Central district 1t looks to me as if at differ
emit times there's something in the atmosphere
that inclines men in a particular manner to
do certain things.-Chief Of Police in Globe
Democrat -
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1887-05-20
A Learned Pig.

Farmer Redmond, near Sturgeon, Mo-,
owned hog that was afflicted with inability
to breathe through its nose, so he trained it to
carry cob in its mouth to keep its jaws open
so that it could breathe. For the past four
eears the hog has been going around with a
cob. When it wanted to eat it laid down its
cob, and when it got through picked it up
again.-New York Sun.
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a correspondent of the Farmers Reriet,
says he has read the statements of several
cattlemen in regard to dehorning, that i'm.
| nediately after saving the horns off ths
animal walks away as if the operation
was painless, and eats as if nothing had
happened. lie says wonder if those
men each had their ears sawed off close to
the head would it be painless | think
not. This is unreasonable bosh. Such
men should be treated according to the
statutes of the State bearing on cruelty 10
animals. If God made a mistake in Great
ing the horn, it is q fine thing that some
men were smart enough for the occasion
and put Him to shame" In reply to this
the Regielo says We think it folly to
claim that the operation of deborning
cattle does not cause suffering. The real
question to be considered is {: Z" Are the
advantages resulting from dehorning such
IS to justify the infiiction of whatever de-
gree of suffering ATTENDS the operation ?''
There are other operations. the propriety
of which no one questions, which also
cause sufferings TO al imals, such as cas-
tratiGg males, spaying femsl Is, branding,
cutting of the tails of lambs, making
ear marks, etc. These operations, under
most conditions, are regarded as
necessary. and so justifable In case
of dehorning. if properly performed,
we are satisfied the suffering is not as great
as is claimed by many. The argument
against dehorning, because the animals
were created with horns, would. if carried
to its legitimate conclusion. prevent The
casiration of ali male animals as al inter-
ference with nst1re and. if adopted and
put IN PRACTICE, would IN about thee years
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BERLIN's FAMOUS STREET.
d" Inter den Linden Does Not Deserve Its
Reputat on,

Reputati on.
The Baedeker population of Berlin has
grown to colossal proportions this summer
The beautiful weather with which north
Germany has been favored of late seems to
have had an unusual attractive power upon
the travelling public. Half the people one
meets upon the thoroughfares are busily
engaged reading their red covered books.
One look distinguishes them all when upon
the boulevard-proyiding they take time
from Baedeker for individual impressions
"a look of disappointment at the Linden
Inter den Linden is, fancy, the most IA
nous street in the world, not excepting the
prominent ones of Paris or London, but it
does not deserve its reputation. The trees
are scraggy, short and uneven-here a live,
there dead one, and over there one in the
last stage of consumption. But" says
the Berliner, you should have seen them
years ago before the era of gas and cleo
tricity.' Perhaps; but the stunted dwarfs
of to-day do little honor to the giants of
yesterday; the street is broad, and this is
its only pleasing feature.
On each side, bordering the pavements,
are the asphalt roads for the vehicles; next
these, on either side, are two for horseback
riders, and between these is the famous
alice, thanked by the Linden. This is the
thoroughfare almost exclusively of the
street urchins. Dirty benches, distssteful
in form and color, are filled by tine Berlin
proletariat, who sun themselves from morn
ing till night. The houses are anything
but palaiial, with few exceptions. The
" Linden" is not more than quarter of a
mile long. Carlyle, when visiting Berlin
years ago, wrote of the houses bordering
the boulevard as . too squatty." The same
is true to-day. The entire stretch from the
PrillwitZ mansion to the Emperors palace
contains hardly building of pretensious
architecture. Most of them, even includ-
ing the Russian embassy and the buildings
of the Departments of War and the Interior,
are such as might grace city of 100, 900 in
habitants, but not metropolitan capital
The famous Restaurant Langlet, Berlin's
Delmonico, wouldn't compare with half
dozen in New York. The Academy of
Art, near the palace of the Kaiser, is a
smoked stone building whose one-half is
used as soldiers barracks, and has little
to indicate the high purpose which it
serves.
As for the imperial residence behind the
celebrated bronze statue of Frederick The
Great, do not believe there is on Fifth av-
enue a house so purely non ornamental.
Just at this time the place in front of the
historical window is crowded daily at !
o'clock, when his Majesty, true to his Gus
tom, shows himself to his people 1t is
often impossible to pass at that hour. All
the troops return then, saluting their aged
commander, and replacing the regimentai
standards which are always kept In the
room near the Emperor, where he loves to
look at them. Nowhere else in all Berlin
is a crowd allowed to gather.-Bertia Cor.
NeW forl; Tribune.
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bring about condition of things among
our domestic live stock which nobody
would find it pleasant to contemplate. In
this, as in many other things prevention
is better than cure, aud it is better to oper-
ate on the four-weeks- calf, so as to pre-
vent the growth OF horns, than to let ii
grow up and then have a serious tussel
with it to take the horns off. The compai-
ison instituted by our correspondent be-
tween the suffering caused by taking OFF
the horns of an animal and cutting off the
ears of human being, is not fair one.
The horn is not supplied with sensitive
nerves, as in the ear. The only sensitive
part is the thin membrane enveloping the
inner bony core, not thicker than sheet
of paper. Neither the outside horn shell
nor inside bony structure are supplied
with nerves, and besides the nervous sys
tenn of the bovine is not as delicate and
sensitive as that of human being.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-07-16

SoLIDIFIELD SEA-FoAa HIGHLY PRICED.
Ambergrls, which commands a high price
for periumery and is priced in the East in
medicine and as flavor in cookery, was
once absurdly guessed to be hardened foam
of the sas. or fungoid growth in the ocean.
but it is now known 10 be secretion Of
the liver of the spermaceti whale, and is
evidently product of some diseese in the
animal 1t is soft fatty substance of va
riegated gray or blaekish color, ard emits
an agreeable odor when rubbed or heated.
of warm climates, though it is also OBJ
tanned from the intestines of the whales
The largest piece known weighed 1S2
pounds, and was bought from the King of
Tydore by the Dutch East India Company
A piece weighing $50 pounds was found in
whale near the Windward islands, and
sold for $500 sterling.
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OHERlFF'S SALEM THE SUPERIOR
> Court of the county of Sacramento State Of
california JACOB HYMAN. plaintiff VS.. H. W
LOW ELL and others defendants Under and by
virtue OF an order Of sale issued out of the su-
perior Court of the county of sacramento State
of California, on the 9TH day of July. 1887 in
the above entitled action wherein JACOB HY.
NAN, the above named plaintiff, obtained
judgment and decree of foreclosure against a.
w. LOWELL, n. A. LOWELL, MARY X. Law
TON and 3. K CALDWELL the defendants
which said judgment and decree was entered
on the 5th day of July, 1sSl. l am commanded
TO sell the following described tracts and par
GELS of land, siiusted in Sacramento county
California, bounded and described as follows /:
The west one-half and the southeast one-quarter
of Section No. Twenty-Five t29). in Township
No. Ten l0) North. Range No. Seven ca asst,
Mount Diablo Meridian, containing $50 acres
Public notice is hereby given that on the 18th
day Of JULY, 1887, at II o'clock A. NJ of that
day, at the front door OF the Court house at the
northwest corner of Seventh and | streets in
the city of Sacramento, / will, in obedience TO
said decree of foreclosure and order of sale
sell the above described property to the highest
and best bidder for cash, in gold coin OF the
United States. N. NJ. DREW,
Sheriff Of Sacramento county.
By B. y. BU6BEY, Under Sheriff.
CATIIs j. WHITE, AttoTneyss or Plsintifs.
ivT-SH
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ANTIQUITY OF RoPEs.-Before the begin
ming OF the historical period considerable
skill in rope-Inaking had been acquired, so
that it must be ciassed among the oldest of
the arts. The existing relics Of the ancient
Egyptians include sculptures showing the
process of manufacture practiced more than
1000 years ago, while the oldest records of
that people represent weil-made ropes of
great strength. Flax and the fibers of the
date tree were employed for these ropes.
but grasses and the hides of animals were
probably among the first material used.